Grammy nod pits Gotye against music heavyweights

The Grammy awards have recognised Gotye, with the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter scoring a nomination for record of the year for his duet with Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know.

The category includes a hefty six nominees, each of which was inescapable over the past year.

The nominees also includes Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), fun.'s We Are Young, Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, The Black Keys' Lonely Boy and Frank Ocean's Thinkin Bout You.

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Gotye is also up for best alternative music album for Making Mirrors, as well as best pop duo/group performance with Kimbra for Somebody That I Used To Know.

Overall, male artists led the nominations for the 2013 Grammys as fun., Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons and Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys landed six nods each for music's biggest awards night.

After British singer Adele dominated this year's awards with her juggernaut album 21, male artists took the lead in categories such as album of the year, with The Black Keys, fun., Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean and Jack White competing for one of the night's top awards.

The winners will be announced at the awards televised from Los Angeles on February 10.

The best new artist category saw a diverse range of artists, with blues-rock group Alabama Shakes, indie-pop band fun., country singer Hunter Hayes, folk-rockers The Lumineers and hip-hop artist Frank Ocean all competing for the coveted title.

The nominations for the top awards and key categories were announced during an hour-long televised concert in Nashville for the first time, co-hosted by country-pop artist Swift and veteran Grammy host, rapper-actor LL Cool J.

Adding a twist to the normal announcement method, country artist Hunter Hayes sang the nominees for best pop album, a tight contest between Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, fun. and Florence and the Machine.

Hayes picked up two nods for best new artist and best country vocal performance.

Concert performers included Maroon 5 singing a medley of their hits, and fun. featuring Janelle Monae and Ne-Yo.

Paying homage to Nashville's country roots, country artists The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley paid tribute to Johnny Cash by performing his song Jackson.

British rock legends The Who will receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in February.

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